Christ the Lord is Risen

Christ Jesus lay in death's strong bands

Christ Jesus lay in death’s strong bands,

for our offenses given;

but now at God’s right hand He stands

and brings us light from heaven.

Therefore let us joyful be

and sing to God right thankfully

loud songs of hallelujah.

Hallelujah!

 *Amen* .

Matthew 11:28-30

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light. —

I guess we could call it the irony of discipleship. To follow Christ means that we give up everything and follow him. To follow Christ means that we receive untold blessings in this life and eternal life with God in the life to come. So is it hard? Yes, sometimes it is. But life is hard. Is the burden light as Jesus promised? Yes, because we know our lives are not lived in vain, that we are living life as God intended it, and when life is over, it isn't really over! We get to go home and be with our Lord!

Thoughts 

. "Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose."
— Lyndon B. Johnson

. "Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both."
— Tryon Edwards

. "Live as though Christ died yesterday, rose from the grave today, and is coming back tomorrow." - Theodore Epp

. "Resolved, never to do anything, which I should be afraid to do, if it were the last hour of my life." - Jonathon Edwards